WRITE ON WRITER’S…WRITE ON!When writing gets tough, we need to write on. In the on-again, off-again love affair life of being a writer, the writer can be certain that he or she will one day wonder if the process of writing is worth all the trouble. We wonder because writing is lonely. Writing is intoxicating. Writing is frustrating, fulfilling, heartbreaking, complicated, and most of all… Read more
Middle Grade Fiction: You Have to Really Want ItWriting a Middle Grade Fiction novel has taught me many things, but the one thing it’s really taught me is that you have to really want it. After 7 cities and a grueling 14-day tour that took me as far as the Big Easy of New Orleans, Louisiana, I am back on the road of adventure that will make Saltwater Taffy a best selling book for Tweens.
We have had some amazing things happen at the Saltwater Taffy Network as of late, most of which will be a mention in the upcoming issue of Scholastic Instructor Magazine, hitting shelves in May. Yes, that is HUGE for an independent book, but as one Teacher of the Year remind me in an email, ‘it is not a surprise.’ Read more